TWI567576B - Integration device and integration method thereof - Google Patents

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Integrated device and integration method thereof

The present invention relates to an integrated device and an integrated method thereof. Specifically, the integrated device of the present invention compares the process objects of other databases with the process objects of the local database based on a plurality of process objects of a local database, so as to integrate the process objects of other databases into In the local database.

With the development of the information industry, the information required within the company is constantly increasing. To manage huge amounts of information, companies often use management systems to manage the information they need to run their businesses. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0162482 A1 proposes to determine the operations required to manage the system by defining process artifacts, constructing a business process for the operation of the enterprise.

However, there are usually more than one management system used by enterprises, and each department may have its own management system. Since the process objects of each management system are stored in their respective databases independently and the information stored in each database is generally homogenous and repeated, it will waste space and increase hardware costs.

In view of this, how to integrate the database of multiple management systems and reduce the required storage space is an urgent problem to be solved in the industry.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an integrated method based on a local database The plurality of process objects compare the process objects of other databases with the process objects of the local database to integrate the process objects of other databases into the local database. Accordingly, the integrated method of the present invention can integrate a database of multiple management systems to reduce the required storage space.

To achieve the above object, the present invention discloses an integrated device including a storage and a processor. The storage is used to store a first database. The first database includes a plurality of first process objects, each of the first process objects having a first name, a first operation set, and a first parameter set. The processor is electrically connected to the storage device for accessing the first database and a second database, and performing the following operations: (a) reading a second flow object from the second database The second flow object has a second name, a second operation set, and a second parameter set; (b) comparing the first flow object to the first flow object and the first flow object to determine Whether the first name of a target process object exists in the first process object of the first database is the same as the second name of the second process object; (c) when the first database does not exist the target When the process object is added, the second process object is added to the first database to update the first database; (d) when the first data inventory is in the target process object, determining whether the second parameter set exists At least one parameter is not included in the first parameter set of the target process object; and (e) when the at least one parameter in the second parameter set is not included in the first parameter set of the target process object, adding the parameter At least one parameter to the first of the target process objects Parameter set, and in accordance with the at least one parameter, correct the first set of operations of the target object of the process to update the first database.

Furthermore, the present invention further discloses an integrated method for an integrated device. The integrated device includes a storage and a processor. The storage stores a first database. The first database contains a plurality of first flow artifacts. Each of the first process objects has a first name, a first operation set, and a first parameter set. The processor is electrically connected to the storage and is configured to store Take the first database and a second database. The integration method is performed by the processor and includes the following steps: (a) reading a second flow object from the second database, the second flow object having a second name, a second operation set, and a a second parameter set; (b) comparing the second flow object to the first flow object of the first database to determine whether a target flow object exists in the first flow object of the first database The first name is the same as the second name of the second process object; (c) when the target object is not present in the first database, adding the second process object to the first database to Updating the first database; (d) determining, when the first data inventory is in the target process object, whether the at least one parameter in the second parameter set is not included in the first parameter set of the target process object; And e) adding the at least one parameter to the first parameter set of the target flow object when the at least one parameter is not included in the first parameter set of the target flow object, and according to the at least One parameter, correct the item The first set of operating procedures of the object to update the first database.

Other objects of the present invention, as well as the technical means and implementations of the present invention, will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the appended claims.

1‧‧‧Integrated device

2‧‧‧External Server

6‧‧‧Network

11‧‧‧Storage

13‧‧‧ Processor

15‧‧‧ transceiver

111‧‧‧First database

211‧‧‧Second database

A1_1, A1_2, ..., A1_n‧‧‧ first process object

A2_1, A2_1, ..., A2_m‧‧‧ second process object

First name of A1N_1, A1N_2, ..., A1N_n‧‧‧

A1ID_1, A1ID_2, ..., A1ID_n‧‧‧ first instance identification code

A1O_1, A1O_2, ..., A1O_n‧‧‧ first operation set

A1A_1, A1A_2, ..., A1A_n‧‧‧ first parameter set

A2N_1, A2N_2, ..., A2N_m‧‧‧ second name

A2ID_1, A2ID_2, ..., A2ID_m‧‧‧ second instance identification code

A2O_1, A2O_2, ..., A2O_m‧‧‧ second operation set

A2A_1, A2A_2, ..., A2A_m‧‧‧ second parameter set

1 is a schematic diagram of an integrated device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a storage 11 storing a first database 111; and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an integrated method of the first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 depicts the storage 11 storing the first database 111 and the second database 211; 5 is a diagram showing the external server 2 storing the second database 211; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the integrated device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 7 is a flow of the integration method of the second embodiment of the present invention Figure.

The present invention is not limited by the embodiment, and the embodiment of the present invention is not intended to limit the invention to any specific environment, application or special mode as described in the embodiments. Therefore, the description of the embodiments is merely illustrative of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention. It should be noted that in the following embodiments and drawings, components that are not directly related to the present invention are omitted and are not shown, and the dimensional relationships between the components in the drawings are merely for easy understanding and are not intended to limit the actual ratio.

The first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figs. 1 to 6. Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of an integrated device 1 of the present invention. The integration device 1 comprises a storage 11 and a processor 13. The integration device 1 can be a network server or any device having data access and processing capabilities. The processor 13 is electrically connected to the storage 11. The storage 11 stores a first database 111 as shown in FIG. The first database 111 includes a plurality of first flow objects A1_1, A1_2, ..., A1_n, and the first flow objects A1_1-A1_n have: first names A1N_1, A1N_2, ..., A1N_n; The instance identification codes A1ID_1, A1ID_2, ..., A1ID_n; the first operation set A1O_1, A1O_2, ..., A1O_n; and the first parameter set A1A_1, A1A_2, ..., A1A_n. n in the first flow object A1_n, the first name A1N_n, the first instance identification code A1ID_n, and the first parameter set A1A_n is a positive integer. The processor 13 accesses the first database 111 and a second database 211 and executes an integration method, the flowchart of which is shown in FIG.

First, in step S301, the processor 13 reads from the second database 211. A second process object (for example: A2_1). Similarly, the second flow object A2_1 has a second name A2N_1, a second instance identification code A2ID_1, a second operation set A2O_1, and a second parameter set A2A_1. Next, in step S303, the processor 13 compares the first flow object A1_1-A1_n of the second flow object A2_1 with the first database 111. Then, in step S305, the processor 13 determines whether the first name of the target flow object A1_1-A1_n of the first database 111 is the same as the second name of the second flow object A2_1.

Specifically, the second database 211 can also be stored in the storage 11 of the integration device 1, and includes a plurality of second flow objects A2_1, A2_2, ..., A2_m, and the second flow objects A2_1-A2_m There are: second name A2N_1, A2N_2, ..., A2N_m; second instance identification code A2ID_1, A2ID_2, ..., A2ID_m; second operation set A2O_1, A2O_2, ..., A2O_m; second parameter set A2A_1 , A2A_2, ..., A2A_m, as shown in Figure 4. m in the second flow object A2_m, the second instance identification code A2ID_m, the second operation set A2O_m, and the second parameter set A2A_m is a positive integer. For example, the integration device 1 can be one of the internal network servers of the enterprise, and the first database 111 and the second database 211 belong to two different management systems within the enterprise, or the same management system but different In addition, the two management systems can run on this network server or run separately on other network servers.

In addition, the second database 211 can also be stored in an external server 2, as shown in FIG. In this case, the integrated device 1 of the present invention further includes a transceiver 15 electrically connected to the processor 13 and connected to the external server 2 via a network 6, as shown in FIG. The network 6 can be a regional network, an internet network, a mobile network, or any combination of the above, but is not limited thereto. For example, the integration device 1 can be one of the internal network servers of the enterprise, and its storage A database 111, and the first database 111 is used by a management system; and the external server 2 can be another network server in the enterprise, which stores the second database 211, and the second database 211 Used by another management system.

Then, when the first database 111 does not have the target process object (that is, when the first names of the first process objects A1_1-A1_n are different from the second name of the second process object A2_1), the processor 13 performs the steps. S307. The second process object A2_1 is added to the first database 111 to update the first database 111. Further, in step S307, in order to integrate the second flow object A2_1 into the first database 111 to become one of the first flow objects in the first database 111 (for example, the first flow object A1_n+1), the processing is performed. The device 13 adds a first instance identification code (for example, the first instance identification code A1ID_n+1) to replace the second instance identification code A2ID_1 of the second flow object A2_1, and thereby the second process is further changed. The object A2_1 is added to the first database 111 to become the first flow object A1_n+1.

On the other hand, when the first database 111 has the target process object (that is, when the first name of one of the first process objects A1_1-A1_n is the same as the second name of the second flow object A2_1), the processor 13 Step S309 is executed to determine whether there is at least one parameter in the second parameter set of the second flow object A2_1 that is not included in the first parameter set of the target flow object. Further, in step S309, in order to integrate the second flow object A2_1 into the first database 111, after the processor 13 is compared, the first flow object (for example, the first flow object A1_1) is found. When the first name A1N_1 is the same as the second name A2N_1 of the second flow object A2_1, the first flow object A1_1 is regarded as the target flow object, and the first parameter set A1A_1 and the second flow object A2_1 of the first flow object A1_1 are further analyzed. The difference between the second parameter set A2A_1.

When at least one parameter in the second parameter set A2A_1 is not included in the first parameter set A1A_1 of the target process object, step S311 is performed to add the at least one parameter to the first parameter set A1A_1 of the target process object. Next, step S313 is executed to correct the first operation set A1O_1 of the target flow object according to the at least one parameter to update the first database 111. On the other hand, when all the parameters in the second parameter set A2A_1 are present in the first parameter set A1A_1 of the target process object, the processor 13 ends the operations of the integration method, that is, the first database 111 need not be updated.

For example, assume that the first name A1N_1 of the first flow object A1_1 and the second name A2N_1 of the second flow object A2_1 are both "User", and the first parameter set A1A_1 has the following parameters: "Name", " The "Private Phone", "Home Address" and "Company Extension", and the second parameter set A2A_1 have the following parameters: "Name", "Email" and "Company Extension". When the processor 13 determines that the first name A1N_1 of the first flow object A1_1 is the same as the second name A2N_1 of the second flow object A2_1 (that is, "User"), and determines the parameter in the second parameter set A2A_1. After the "email" does not exist in the first parameter set A1A_1, the processor 13 adds the parameter "email" to the first parameter set A1A_1, and according to the operation of the corresponding parameter "email" in the second operation set A2O_1, The first operation set A1O_1 is corrected such that the first operation set A1O_1 has an operation corresponding to the parameter "email". In other words, after updating the first process object A1_1, when the management system accesses the first database 111 and performs user information operation, the management system can obtain the new parameter about the parameter “email” from the first process object A1_1. , read, update, or delete operations.

Based on the operations of the integrated method depicted in FIG. 3, the integrated device 1 of the present invention can integrate the second flow object A2_1 into the first database 111 while repeatedly performing the entire process. And the operations of the method, sequentially accessing each of the second flow objects A2_1-A2_m of the second database 211 and the first flow objects A1_1-A1_n of the first database 111 By comparing, the second flow objects A2_1-A2_m of the second database 211 can be integrated into the first database 111.

The second embodiment of the present invention is an extension of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, step S303 further includes the steps as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5. In step S3031, the processor 13 parses the second name and the second parameter set of the second flow object (for example, the second flow object A2_1) based on a semantic analysis. In step S3033, the processor 13 obtains a similarity value of each of the first flow object A1_1-A1_n and the second flow object A2_1 via semantic analysis. Subsequently, in step S3035, the processor 13 sorts each of the first flow objects A1_1-A1_n according to the equal similarity value.

Specifically, the processor 13 parses the second name and the second parameter set of the second flow object that are currently to be compared with the first flow object A1_1-A1_n, and obtains the first flow object A1_1 according to the semantic similarity. -A1_n The similarity value between the second process objects compared to this time. According to this, the processor 13 may arrange the first flow objects A1_1-A1_n according to the similarity values, and determine whether the first flow object having the higher similarity value has the first name and the second flow object based on the similarity values. The two names are the same to perform step S305.

In addition, in other embodiments, the processor 13 may further generate an update record list according to the similarity values and the update of the first database. In this way, the relevant person who manages or operates the integrated device 1 can learn the details of the work of the A2_1-A2_m integrated into the first database 111 via the update record list for further confirmation or adjustment. Moreover, the processor 13 can store the update record list in the first database 111, print and output by a list machine, and power The sub-mail method is sent to the relevant personnel or stored in other web servers. In addition, in other embodiments, after updating the first database 111 (ie, after step S313), the processor 13 may seal the second flow object and record the corresponding first flow object. The first instance identification code. For example, when the second flow object A2_1 is integrated into the first flow object A1_1, the processor 13 stores the second flow object A2_1 and records the first instance identification code A1ID_1 of the corresponding first flow object A1_1.

In summary, the present invention provides an integrated device based on a process object and an integrated manner thereof, and compares the process objects of other databases with the process objects of the local database to process other databases. Objects are integrated into the local repository. In this way, the integrated method of the present invention can not only integrate the database of multiple management systems, but also reduce the required storage space, and further reduce the complexity of the enterprise to introduce a new management system.

The embodiments described above are only intended to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, and to explain the technical features of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any changes or equivalents that can be easily made by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the invention. The scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims (16)

An integrated device includes: a storage for storing a first database, the first database comprising a plurality of first flow artifacts, each of the first flow objects having a first name, a first An operation set and a first parameter set; a processor electrically connected to the memory for accessing the first database and a second database, and performing the following steps: (a) from the second data Reading a second flow object in the library, the second flow object has a second name, a second operation set, and a second parameter set; (b) comparing the second flow object to the first database The first process object, to determine whether the first name of the target process object in the first process object of the first database is the same as the second name of the second flow object; (c) When the target database object does not exist in the first database, the second process object is added to the first database to update the first database; (d) when the first data inventory is in the target process object Determining whether there is at least one parameter in the second parameter set Included in the first parameter set of the target process object; and (e) when the at least one parameter in the second parameter set is not included in the first parameter set of the target process object, adding the at least one parameter to The first parameter set of the target process object is set, and the first operation set of the target process object is modified according to the at least one parameter, so that the first operation set has an operation corresponding to one of the at least one parameter to update the The first database. The integrated device of claim 1, further comprising: a transceiver electrically connected to the processor, the transceiver being connected to the outside through a network a server that stores the second database, and the processor further accesses the second database from the external server through the transceiver. The integrated device of claim 1, wherein the storage is further configured to store the second database. The integration device of claim 1, wherein each of the first flow objects of the first database further comprises a first instance identification code. The integration device of claim 1, wherein the step (c) further comprises the step of: adding a first instance identification code and filling in the second flow object. The integrated device of claim 1, wherein the processor further stores the second flow object. The integration device of claim 1, wherein the step (b) further comprises the step of: parsing the second name of the second flow object and the second parameter set based on a semantic analysis to obtain each of the first a similarity value between the flow object and the second flow object; and sorting the first flow objects according to the similarity values. The integrated device of claim 7, wherein the processor generates an update record list based on the similarity values and the update of the first database. An integrated method for an integrated device, the integrated device comprising a storage and a processor, the storage storing a first database, the first database comprising a plurality of first flow artifacts, each of the The first flow object has a first name, a first operation set, and a first parameter set. The processor is electrically connected to the storage device and is configured to access the first data library and a second data library. The integration method is performed by the processor and includes the following steps: (a) reading a second flow object from the second database, the second flow object having a second name, a second operation set, and a first a second parameter set; (b) comparing the second flow object to the first flow object of the first database to determine whether a target flow object exists in the first flow object of the first database The first name is the same as the second name of the second flow object; (c) when the target database object does not exist in the first database, adding the second process object to the first database to update the first database; (d) when the first data inventory is in the Determining, in the second parameter set, whether at least one parameter is not included in the first parameter set of the target process object; and (e) when the second parameter set exists, the at least one parameter is not included in the target When the first parameter of the flow object is concentrated, adding the at least one parameter to the first parameter set of the target process object, and correcting the first operation set of the target flow object according to the at least one parameter, so that the first parameter set is The first set of operations has an operation corresponding to one of the at least one parameter to update the first database. The integration method of claim 9, wherein the integration device further comprises a transceiver electrically connected to the processor and connected to an external server through a network, the integration method further comprising the following steps : accessing the second database from the external server through the transceiver. The integration method of claim 9, wherein the storage is further configured to store the second database. The integration method of claim 9, wherein each of the first flow objects of the first database further comprises a first instance identification code. The integration method of claim 9, wherein the step (c) further comprises the step of: adding a first instance identification code and filling in the second flow object. The integration method of claim 9, further comprising the step of: sealing the second process object. The integration method of claim 9, wherein the step (b) further comprises the step of: parsing the second name of the second flow object and the second parameter set based on a semantic analysis to obtain each of the first a similarity value between the flow object and the second flow object; and sorting the first flow objects according to the similarity values. The integration method of claim 15, further comprising the step of: generating an update record list based on the similarity values and the update of the first database.